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VINCENT SALDANO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 6, 1949 – October 22, 1969
Service recordVincent Saldano, of Oakland, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 22, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 107
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Oakland, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 107
- RUSSELL FRANCIS SMITHSpecialist Four · October 22, 1969
- RICHARD WOODROW YATESHospitalman · October 22, 1969
- ANDREW JOHN ABRAMSONWarrant Officer 1 · October 23, 1969
- LARRY MICHAEL CLEVELANDSpecialist Four · October 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RUSSELL FRANCIS SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 107
From Oakland
- CHARLES DARYL KEARNEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1965
- LAURIANO LAWRENCE LOVATOPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- WALTER JOHN GELIENChief Petty Officer · October 28, 1965
- FRED LAWER MCPHERSONMajor · January 28, 1966
- WALLACE RAY JACOBSENStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- JOE NEAL JAMESSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- DON WILLIAM CHABOTMajor · March 15, 1966
- WALTER GLENN SHULTSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- DAVID LEE DODSONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- CHRIS C VURLUMISCaptain · June 8, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.